Letter to the Editor: Russian aggression is hardly a new development

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The top U.S. commander of NATO recently said that Russian forces have used a lull in fighting to reposition for another offensive in the Ukraine.NATO should be mindful of the observation of Lord Palmerston, a 19th-century British prime minister, that &#8220;the policy and practice of the Russian government has always been to push forward its encroachments as fast and as far as the apathy or want of firmness of other governments would allow it to go, but always to stop and retire when it met with decided resistance, and then to wait for the next favorable opportunity to make another spring on the intended victim.&#8221;Daniel Gelbert FlanneryPringle